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the obama white house facing the prospect of a looming constitutional crisis, a political crisis that the president and his inner circle seems to worsen with each passing day. the president and hiss -- his staff defending the administration against there's controversies and scandals now forcing the president to pivot focus on the presidential legacy to the presidential future. the benghazi coverup, the irs enemies list, targeting conservatives, and now the justice department must account for the extraordinary seizure of the phone records of the associated press reporters and editors. attorney regime eric holder today trieded to justify those seizures calling them part of the effort to identify the source of a leak that holder said compromised national security. holder, however, refused to answer why the justice department didn't first seek the voluntary cooperation of the associated press. when asked, holder announce it was the deputy, james cole, who signed the subpoena to seize the records, and, today, we learned holder rescued himself from the case because the fbi's investigation h
the obama white house facing the prospect of a looming constitutional crisis, a political crisis that the president and his inner circle seems to worsen with each passing day. the president and hiss -- his staff defending the administration against there's controversies and scandals now forcing the president to pivot focus on the presidential legacy to the presidential future. the benghazi coverup, the irs enemies list, targeting conservatives, and now the justice department must account for...
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. >> jeff, does it pass the smell test that the obama white house itself would not be informed about this just from a potential p.r. standpoint? >> it certainly actually does pass the smell test that the white house would not be involved. attorney general holder had to know. there is no question that a decision like this goes all the way to the attorney general. now, just to put this in a little perspective, the a.p. has suggested that this is part of an investigation of a leak regarding a possible terrorist attack in yemen and the administration will surely say look, you know, it's all well and good that journalists want to protect their sources, but this is a matter of life and death. if this stuff gets leaked, people will die, so we are willing to take that extreme step. i think that's the kind of balance you're going to see on this story. >> we'll see what the department of justice says about it. dana, the other controversy is the news the irs intentionally red flagged conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. they would look for key words like tea party or patriot to a
. >> jeff, does it pass the smell test that the obama white house itself would not be informed about this just from a potential p.r. standpoint? >> it certainly actually does pass the smell test that the white house would not be involved. attorney general holder had to know. there is no question that a decision like this goes all the way to the attorney general. now, just to put this in a little perspective, the a.p. has suggested that this is part of an investigation of a leak...
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white house. could there be legal fallout? our legal guys will be weighing in. >>> and did you already get your powerball ticket? the drawing for the $600 million jackpot is tonight and everyone wants a shot at it. but what are your odds? >>> we begin with that devastating commuter train crash in connecticut. ntsb investigators are now on the scene. the collision last night injured dozens of people and it's creating quite the night -- nightmare for commuters. susan, what is happening there right now? >> reporter: investigators from the national transportation safety board are on site and they are fanning out to take a closer look at this accident scene, which they said covers about 200 yards or so, so the length of two football fields. we're talking about two commuter trains. one going eastbound from new york heading to new haven, connecticut, and the other one going in the opposite direction. the first one derailed a little after 6:00 in the evening at the height of rush hour on friday night when
white house. could there be legal fallout? our legal guys will be weighing in. >>> and did you already get your powerball ticket? the drawing for the $600 million jackpot is tonight and everyone wants a shot at it. but what are your odds? >>> we begin with that devastating commuter train crash in connecticut. ntsb investigators are now on the scene. the collision last night injured dozens of people and it's creating quite the night -- nightmare for commuters. susan, what is...
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the no drama obama white house -- >> was all drama. >> all drama and you know the no drama obama white house is slow to react to things. sometimes that served him well. has not served him well in these instances and that's part of the question that we're going to see this week. >> slow reaction, if anything, take everything at face value the slow reaction is what fueled the skepticism. >> i don't think that we're seeing anything different here, chuck. the president is very, very deliberate in considering all factors before he responds. and i don't think this is any different this time, particularly given the set of circumstances both with benghazi and the irs scandal. a lot of things we still don't know, particularly as it relates to the irs. i don't think we can expect him to speak on anything until he gets more fact. >> i look at these two issues and seems like the irs, easy one for the republicans to unite behind. >> absolutely. you'll see more of it in 2014. you've been talking about that. really energize the republican place and they already distrust the irs and you have a perfect
the no drama obama white house -- >> was all drama. >> all drama and you know the no drama obama white house is slow to react to things. sometimes that served him well. has not served him well in these instances and that's part of the question that we're going to see this week. >> slow reaction, if anything, take everything at face value the slow reaction is what fueled the skepticism. >> i don't think that we're seeing anything different here, chuck. the president is...
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this is the kind of obama drama that is playing out as, at least in the white house's view, as some sort of firewall that he can create around the reality. what the president himself, and it's pretty clear to me at least, has not adjusted to, that the american people, because of those e-mails, know jay carney, the president's personal spokesman, lied to the american people. the president himself has lied to the american people. this president has received more pinnochios in the last several months than i can count. and specifically to say that this benghazi has been investigated is a, is at best a concoction of desperation on the part of this white house. it has not happened. today to say he is going to work with congress? this is the congress this president stonewalled for eight months. now suddenly with these three scandals unfolding around him, you know, he says he wants to work with congress. congress has seven committees working and they're going to be working on this issue with or without him. the president right now has circled the wagons and is trying his level best to manage wha
this is the kind of obama drama that is playing out as, at least in the white house's view, as some sort of firewall that he can create around the reality. what the president himself, and it's pretty clear to me at least, has not adjusted to, that the american people, because of those e-mails, know jay carney, the president's personal spokesman, lied to the american people. the president himself has lied to the american people. this president has received more pinnochios in the last several...
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as i understand this issue, the allegation has been that somehow the obama campaign, the obama white house, manipulated this to not say it was involved with terrorists. if you use the e-mails, it is clear they thought right to that week that it was a spontaneous demonstration that evolved in, it they used the word. evolved into the attack. then there was the mortar attack. i don't think it covers the state department with any glory, that's for sure. >> let me go to chuck todd for the last word. the politics of this thing from the beginning, was it protecting the secretary of state? was it protecting donlan? the one thing absent in all this discussion are name of principals. they're not in this discussion. it is already demts saying the building leadership. these weird references to their bosses. i have to assume going up to that "meet the press" day when susan rice was getting her audition to be secretary of state, there was an intense interest from the president on down in how good a job she did and i thought she did a hell of a job as a political warrior. >> there was politics invo
as i understand this issue, the allegation has been that somehow the obama campaign, the obama white house, manipulated this to not say it was involved with terrorists. if you use the e-mails, it is clear they thought right to that week that it was a spontaneous demonstration that evolved in, it they used the word. evolved into the attack. then there was the mortar attack. i don't think it covers the state department with any glory, that's for sure. >> let me go to chuck todd for the last...
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obama himself or the white house and the press. the press ignores claims from the tea party for three years that they were being targeted by the irs. the press gave obama a pass on benghazi for seven months, yeah, they get four pinocchios but seven months after the facts haven't changes. press is connected because they are outraged because they were targeted. that is only reason they are all united now. >> eric: it's interesting it's never president obama's fault. benghazi wasn't their fault. solyndra wasn't his fault. irs is not going to be his fault. >> bob: president of united states that they ordered it? >> eric: i'm suggesting that the president knew about all these things. >> bob: that is very serious allegation. >> it goes back to my point. he is unfit and incapable of managing and maybe inexperienced. >> eric: why would the irs purposely go after conservative groups. >> bob: i guess there were liberals in the organization. >> eric: because they wanted the accolades of finding out information on conservatives. >> bob: i woul
obama himself or the white house and the press. the press ignores claims from the tea party for three years that they were being targeted by the irs. the press gave obama a pass on benghazi for seven months, yeah, they get four pinocchios but seven months after the facts haven't changes. press is connected because they are outraged because they were targeted. that is only reason they are all united now. >> eric: it's interesting it's never president obama's fault. benghazi wasn't their...
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i am not saying obama should immediately fire holder but he owes them resignation to the white house because this whole summer will be eaten up with the attorney general under scrutiny and you'll have things like immigration reform in the coming weeks forgotten about and mired in scandal nothing wrong with residing and holder should consider that if he is not written that letter already. >> as soon as one resigns they are looking to tee off the next and it wasn't enough it is like multiple attack clients and with the massacre of richard nixon to eventually get the of butler that one resignation often does not cut it. >> but the difference is eric holder did not break the law. neil: we don't know that. >> but he should be able to step aside we have lost the art of resignation. you have to serve the president and holder is hurting from obama and will continue. what is the point* to stay on? many people stepping down. >> with a new could save the treasury secretary lew and if he oversaw the department that oversaw the iras or other agencies that might or might not have cobbled together
i am not saying obama should immediately fire holder but he owes them resignation to the white house because this whole summer will be eaten up with the attorney general under scrutiny and you'll have things like immigration reform in the coming weeks forgotten about and mired in scandal nothing wrong with residing and holder should consider that if he is not written that letter already. >> as soon as one resigns they are looking to tee off the next and it wasn't enough it is like...
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president obama did acknowledge the one big issue that independent review looked at, brooke, which is whether or not and why so many people in the state department deny the request for more security that were made by diplomats on the ground in libya. he acknowledged that those individuals did not have enough security and that was a serious problem. >> we'll look for you at the top f the hour on the lead 4:00 p.m. eastern. meantime we sit and we wait to learn the fate of kermit gosnell, the abortion doctor facing first degree murder, facing three degree murder to with regard to a patient, folks, 263 counts this man faces. that's next. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, we never stop being amazed by you. how you work so hard without looking like you do. how you make every dollar stretch so far and keep your family so close. so we brought back the things you liked about jcpenney. gave you new things to explore. and now, we're happy to say, you've come back to us. ♪ we're speechless. except for two little words. ♪ a confident retirement. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no
president obama did acknowledge the one big issue that independent review looked at, brooke, which is whether or not and why so many people in the state department deny the request for more security that were made by diplomats on the ground in libya. he acknowledged that those individuals did not have enough security and that was a serious problem. >> we'll look for you at the top f the hour on the lead 4:00 p.m. eastern. meantime we sit and we wait to learn the fate of kermit gosnell,...
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time and again white house officials said that's not so and never a good day when the spokesman has to respect defend the president's respect for the first amendment. >> thanks, jim. >> kathleen carol, good to have you with us. justice department says we didn't do anything improper. they say, look, we can get your records. you made the phone call. phone companies have them. we can get them. do you think something illegal was done? >> i don't know because we don't know anything. they have seized secretly the phone records for two months of ap phones, 20 different phone lines and, you know, i have no way to know if that's illegal or not. >> attorney general holder said that and the deputy attorney general wrote you a letter saying this, we are required to negotiate with the media organizations in advance of issues subpoenas unless doing so would pose a threat to the integrity of the investigation. they say they were looking in to try to find the person that leaked the information to you of a cia operation in yemen. they said they need to find the person that did that and prosecute that p
time and again white house officials said that's not so and never a good day when the spokesman has to respect defend the president's respect for the first amendment. >> thanks, jim. >> kathleen carol, good to have you with us. justice department says we didn't do anything improper. they say, look, we can get your records. you made the phone call. phone companies have them. we can get them. do you think something illegal was done? >> i don't know because we don't know...
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a series of scandals have enveloped the white house, and the administration is struggling to reassert its agenda and voice as probe's credibility has been -- president obama's credibility has been shredded. we will examine what part of government, and which leaders in particular, we can trust, and those we cannot. we will catalog the lies that have led the administration to this point, we begin had the rose garden. president took a question this morning from white house press core opresscorps on irs scandala direct question about whether anyone in white house knew of irs targeting of conservative groups before the inspector general a report was leaked. >> let me make sure that i answer a specific question. um, i can assure you that i certainly did not know anything about the igrespect, before the risk g reportheig report had bee press. lou: some might consider that an artful dodge for the president, but it seems to be more evasion, and deflect, and hardly a straight answer, that leads to us treasury department, and internal revenue service. acting irs commissioner stephen miller was f
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speaking of president obama, it's commencement speech season. he offers advice to college graduates over the weekend as his team goes on the offensive on the sunday talk show circuit. the new message coming from the white house and the response from his critics. >> we were almost right under the tornado at this point. we can hear the roar. we can still see in contact with the ground farther off to the northeast. >> an amazing path of destruction cleaning up after another run of powerful tornadoes. the midwest braces for another round of storms. >>> and buying back into relevance. the deal yahoo hopes will bring back the glory days and what it means for users of the popular blogging service tumblr. you got it. it's monday and it is "way too early". >>> it is monday. good morning, everybody. before i try to read 1500 stories in nine minutes of news, i'll start with your monday assignment. soccer icon david beckham hung up his cleats over the weekend. his teammates showed their appreciation for his storied career. all right. this shot is from satur
speaking of president obama, it's commencement speech season. he offers advice to college graduates over the weekend as his team goes on the offensive on the sunday talk show circuit. the new message coming from the white house and the response from his critics. >> we were almost right under the tornado at this point. we can hear the roar. we can still see in contact with the ground farther off to the northeast. >> an amazing path of destruction cleaning up after another run of...
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and our vast footprint has been expanded under the obama administration. the white house has extended america's security umbrella to include defending israel and the moderate arab states against the threat posed by iran's possible development and nuclear weapons. it is the u.s. military presence in asia and new base in australia to deal with china's rights. to call all this isolationism is to mangle both language and logic. in fact, president obama's world view is rooted in american exceptionalism. you see, the fundamental pattern of international relations is that as a country becomes powerful, others gang up to bring it down. that's what happened to the happsburg empire and germany and, of course, the soviet union. one great exception to this rule in modern history. the united states. america has risen to global might and has not produced the balancing opposition that many would have predicted. in fact, the astonishing position of being the world's dominant power while many of the world's next most powerful nations, britain, france, germany, japan are al
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white house, how much they knew. the administration is saying they knew nothing about this irs scandal at all, correct? >> that's right. they said that jay carney, the white house spokesman, said the counsel's office found out a few weeks ago that the inspector general was doing this investigation at all but you're absolutely right. what this does is feed into an already existing huge problem with the american people, that is that they simply don't trust the government. that's obviously the basis for this country. but it has really gotten so much worse recently and the fact that you have these two issues, you have the government effectively spying on and taking records from journalists, and then of course, the irs which has never had the greatest reputation in the world. it's definitely a double whammy. >> and already this administration is actually going after more classified leaks than basically all recent administrations combined. >> that's right. i don't fault them so much on that, and i must say in their defense
white house, how much they knew. the administration is saying they knew nothing about this irs scandal at all, correct? >> that's right. they said that jay carney, the white house spokesman, said the counsel's office found out a few weeks ago that the inspector general was doing this investigation at all but you're absolutely right. what this does is feed into an already existing huge problem with the american people, that is that they simply don't trust the government. that's obviously...
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. >>> after a turbulent week for the obama administration, the white house went on the defensive today. though the president himself steered clear of the controversies. nbc's peter alexander has the latest. >> bomb! bomb! >> reporter: with the president addressing graduates at the historically black morehouse college in atlanta today, no mention of the convergence of trofrz sti controversies still brewing in washington. the washington is aggressively responding calling this aggressive and absurd. on the irs issue -- >> no question republicans are trying to make political hay. >> reporter: a senior advisor speak out. >> when they want to do when lacking a positive agenda is try to drag washington into a swamp of partisan fishing expeditions and trumped up allegations. >> reporter: president obama's agency promising a top-down review. >> there is a culture of intimidation throughout the administration. it is no wonder that the agents and the irs sort of get the message. the president demonizes his opponents. >> reporter: but gop leaders concede there is no evidence the white house orderi
. >>> after a turbulent week for the obama administration, the white house went on the defensive today. though the president himself steered clear of the controversies. nbc's peter alexander has the latest. >> bomb! bomb! >> reporter: with the president addressing graduates at the historically black morehouse college in atlanta today, no mention of the convergence of trofrz sti controversies still brewing in washington. the washington is aggressively responding calling this...
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wants to imagine that barack obama isn't really president after all. that is their dream, not doing something but finding a way they can achieve their nirvana. no president obama. no, no, no. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes and thank you for joining us this evening. it was a big day today because washington has a case of scandal fever. today president obama showed how he plans to dole out the medicine. >>> plus, last night our guest told us what we can expect in the fight against sexual assault in the military. today we got more shocking proof that they were right. >>> and let today be known henceforth as the day bea arthur broke the internet. >>> we begin with a momentous political event, i mean a really, really big deal. tonight at 6:28 p.m. eastern, did you feel the earth move under your feet, did you feel a seismic change in this nation's politics? what you would have been feeling was the house of representatives voting to repeal obama c
wants to imagine that barack obama isn't really president after all. that is their dream, not doing something but finding a way they can achieve their nirvana. no president obama. no, no, no. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes and thank you for joining us this evening. it was a big day today because washington has a case of scandal fever. today president...
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it is entirely possible that no one in the white house counsel's office tonight knows this and no one currently working in treasury knows this. but even if they do, the obama administration has decided it is now impossible to try to teach the truth to an american news media that is incapable of comprehending it and refuses to read original sources like the laws on which their theoretical scandals are based. and of course when in doubt, a politician can never go wrong in condemning the internal revenue service. joining me now, julian epstein, democratic strategist, and ari melcher. ari, i want to go to unanimous use of the word outrage across the board in the political media about this situation, when in fact the real outrage is that the irs changed the legal meaning of this provision in 1959 and left it to judgment calls ever since. and it doesn't seem like anyone in the white house or treasury thought there's any way they can get a correct record here, and they might as well jump on the band wagon of saying this is outrageous. >> politically they don't want to fight that battle. nich
it is entirely possible that no one in the white house counsel's office tonight knows this and no one currently working in treasury knows this. but even if they do, the obama administration has decided it is now impossible to try to teach the truth to an american news media that is incapable of comprehending it and refuses to read original sources like the laws on which their theoretical scandals are based. and of course when in doubt, a politician can never go wrong in condemning the internal...
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it comes a day after president obama and david cameron met at the white house and there was distance on the syria issue. with cameron using far more urgent language. five million people forceed from their homes. serious history is being written in the blood of her people. the world meads to bring the killing to an end. they say that a cia officer was detained on supposed suspicions of spying after he attempted to recruit a russian secret agent. he was under the guides of a diplomat and written introductions and a large sum of money when he was detained. sounds like a tom clancy novel. to minnesota where later mark dayton will sign the same-sex marriage bill into law. the house passed it 75-79. wettings between same-sex couples can be as early as august 1st. florida senator's marco rubio's super park will defend on gun control. ayotte was criticized in her state. she say mother and a former state attorney general and knows how to be tough on crime. i have to say i don't remember a candidate running an ad to help someone i hope will endorse him should he run in 2016. governor chris cri
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on who changed the talking points on benghazi, the obama administration says that was the cia. as to the move to obtain phone records of the associated press, white house officials say, talk to the justice department. instead of truman, republicans are making a different comparison. >> i've never seen anything like this except in the past during the nixon years. >> i can tell you that the people that make the comparisons need to check their history. >> reporter: so it was worth noting both jay carney and eric holder were holding separate news conferences, carney said while he was baiting for the facts to come in, he said no white house officials were involved. >> what gives you that confidence? >> reporter: then he walked that back when a reporter called him out. >> i have no reason to believe. >> on good faith or assumption? >> because i can tell you that i am not aware of anyone here knowing about it. >> reporter: former white house press secretary ari fleisher said he was doing all he could, tap dance. >> sometimes the press secretary cannot answer questions and this means t
on who changed the talking points on benghazi, the obama administration says that was the cia. as to the move to obtain phone records of the associated press, white house officials say, talk to the justice department. instead of truman, republicans are making a different comparison. >> i've never seen anything like this except in the past during the nixon years. >> i can tell you that the people that make the comparisons need to check their history. >> reporter: so it was...
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alisyn: series and sandals rocking the white house. what does president obama and his need to do now to turn things around. chris wallace is here with that. >> tr:ews ale one winning ticket for winning jackpot sold in florida. live at the winning store coming up. accomplishing even little things can become major vicrieses i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events inuding g infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allerg reaeactions have occurred. before starting enbrel, your dtotor should test you for tuberculosis and scuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. you should not start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doct if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have be
alisyn: series and sandals rocking the white house. what does president obama and his need to do now to turn things around. chris wallace is here with that. >> tr:ews ale one winning ticket for winning jackpot sold in florida. live at the winning store coming up. accomplishing even little things can become major vicrieses i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint...
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if, if, it reaches the level of even a mid level over the obama administration, it's serious trouble for him. it's a benefit to the republicans because they can keep him on the defensive. but i think in the overall picture, what we have right now is an embarrassment for president obama and a warning to him, if you will. you know what? you've got to be really careful up and down the line because even small things such as this and make no mistake about it, it was no small thing to target one side of the political spectrum. with say we're going to make things difficult particularly in this election year. is it a case of people down the line and even those people involved? now, obviously, many republicans and some who are not think it had to be other people involved. what president obama needs, he doesn't need me to tell you, but he needs an immediate, really fast, but completely thorough investigation into this. and however bad the news is, put it out. >> what is the character of an investigation like that in sn does he name somebody from outside the administration? does he count on as
if, if, it reaches the level of even a mid level over the obama administration, it's serious trouble for him. it's a benefit to the republicans because they can keep him on the defensive. but i think in the overall picture, what we have right now is an embarrassment for president obama and a warning to him, if you will. you know what? you've got to be really careful up and down the line because even small things such as this and make no mistake about it, it was no small thing to target one side...
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but obama senior advisor dan plieffer told bob schieffer today the white house only learned of the probe this month. >> are you trying to tell me that a wisp of this didn't get over to the white house during an election year, that there may be something going on over there at the irs, that we ought to find about that. >> yes, i'm telling you that. the first the white house was made aware of it from the treasury department a few weeks ago. to the the details what happened, not the results of the investigation but that an independent investigation was about to conclude. >> if the president was so up set about this when he found out about it, why did he wait three days to say anything. >> because we waited for the facts. >> reporter: friday treasuries inspector general told congress the since nationalee office unfairly targeted some conservative groups but the investigation didn't pinpoint who exactly was responsible. the irs is conducting a 30 day review of the entire organization. republican senator john cornyn. >> i have a very hard time believing this is something cooked up it cincinnat
but obama senior advisor dan plieffer told bob schieffer today the white house only learned of the probe this month. >> are you trying to tell me that a wisp of this didn't get over to the white house during an election year, that there may be something going on over there at the irs, that we ought to find about that. >> yes, i'm telling you that. the first the white house was made aware of it from the treasury department a few weeks ago. to the the details what happened, not the...
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. >> moments after president obama wrapped up his meeting with pentagon leaders this afternoon in the white house telling them he was "ashamed" of their failure to curb sexual abuse in the military, lieutenant colonel darren haas, the manager of the sexual response program at ft. campbell kentucky was arrested in a domestic dispute on charges of violating an order of protection and stalking, then he was relieved of his post. that makes the third time in the last few weeks that a u.s. service member who worked in a military sexual assault prevention program has been investigated for unlawful conduct towards women. first there was lieutenant colonel jeffrey kosinski, the head of the air force's sexual assault prevention office who was charged with sexual battery for groping a woman in a park lot. then the sexual assault prevention coordinator at ft. hood was accused of abusive sexual conduct and pan dderring. then a pentagon report showed 26,000 military members were sexually assaulted last year. hours before ta meeting at a white house, a group of bipartisan lawmakers voted to remove s
. >> moments after president obama wrapped up his meeting with pentagon leaders this afternoon in the white house telling them he was "ashamed" of their failure to curb sexual abuse in the military, lieutenant colonel darren haas, the manager of the sexual response program at ft. campbell kentucky was arrested in a domestic dispute on charges of violating an order of protection and stalking, then he was relieved of his post. that makes the third time in the last few weeks that a...
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to the sunday shows to face down a revved up republican response. >>> the trouble for the white house echoed across the potomac this weekend in virginia as republicans produced a surprise pick to run with their nominee for governor. some are calling it a tea party ticket. >>> and a deep dive this morning into the final hours of the race for the second largest city in the country. l.a. mayor will a famous last name hold on to what has been a steady lead or the second largest city put a woman in charge for the first time. >>> good morning from washington for this monday, may 20th, 2013 edition of "daily rundown." one week from today memorial day weekend and start of summer. >>> triple threat of controversies threatening to further erode the america's confidence in government and the white house is aggressively trying to hit back at republican critics. on sunday, white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer defended the president going on all five sunday talk shows calling accusations of mismanagement offensive and absurd. >> we've seen this playbook from the republicans before. what they wan
to the sunday shows to face down a revved up republican response. >>> the trouble for the white house echoed across the potomac this weekend in virginia as republicans produced a surprise pick to run with their nominee for governor. some are calling it a tea party ticket. >>> and a deep dive this morning into the final hours of the race for the second largest city in the country. l.a. mayor will a famous last name hold on to what has been a steady lead or the second largest...
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a senior member of the obama administration visited all the sunday talk shows to lay out what the white house knew and when. but as sharyl attkisson reports, that did nothing to quiet republican critics. >> reporter: according to testimony at a congressional hearing on friday, a deputy treasury secretary knew about the i.r.s. investigation a year ago. but obama senior advisor dan plieffer told bob schieffer today the white house only learned of the probe this month. >> are you trying to tell me that a wisp of this didn't get over to the white house during an election year, that there may be something going on over there at the i.r.s., that we ought to find about that. >> yes, i'm telling you that. the first the white house was made aware of it from the treasury department a few weeks ago. not the details what happened, not the results of the investigation but that an independent investigation was about to conclude. >> if the president was so up set about this when he found out about it, why did he wait three days to say anything. >> because we waited for the facts. >> reporter: friday t
a senior member of the obama administration visited all the sunday talk shows to lay out what the white house knew and when. but as sharyl attkisson reports, that did nothing to quiet republican critics. >> reporter: according to testimony at a congressional hearing on friday, a deputy treasury secretary knew about the i.r.s. investigation a year ago. but obama senior advisor dan plieffer told bob schieffer today the white house only learned of the probe this month. >> are you...
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obama care. wendell goler live outside the white house. wendell, you might say this is the worst timing possible foren because it's likely to help republicans trying to repeal obama care but a different timing may actually be good for sarah hall ingraham who is the woman who once ran the irs tax exempt office that's accused of singling out tea party groups for extra scrutiny. turns out ms. ingraham went over to her obama care position the one she now holds in 2010 six months before the tea party crack down was discovered by the person who replaced her in her new job. she will be responsible for making sure working people buy insurance and are provided with government subsidies if they can't provide it. still republicans don't like the idea offer putting her in that post she provided horrendous public service under her watch and now she is going to do the same thing under obama care. swell. this is a perfect example of why we need tax reform. >> actually, republicans don't want anyone in that most. house voted yesterday for the 37th time to
obama care. wendell goler live outside the white house. wendell, you might say this is the worst timing possible foren because it's likely to help republicans trying to repeal obama care but a different timing may actually be good for sarah hall ingraham who is the woman who once ran the irs tax exempt office that's accused of singling out tea party groups for extra scrutiny. turns out ms. ingraham went over to her obama care position the one she now holds in 2010 six months before the tea...
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president obama was asked directly today if anyone at the white house knew about this earlier than the counsel's office found out last month. the president says i can assure you that i found out about this on friday, but he didn't address anybody else at the white house. meanwhile, republicans are calling for someone to be fired. >> public service requires humility, and everyone in public office needs to be constantly reminded that they serve the american people, and can it's not the other way around. americans should never be targeted or harassed by their government for their political beliefs. >> reporter: liz, you said it, it's hearings now. tomorrow the big one, the first one with the house ways and means committee. next week there'll be a hearing with another house panel and a senate panel as well. meanwhile, the department of justice is investigating as well. back to you. david: isn't in the same guy that apportioned the cuts from the sequester? >> reporter: he is within the office, the office of management and budget that makes those decisions on how it does that. but the admini
president obama was asked directly today if anyone at the white house knew about this earlier than the counsel's office found out last month. the president says i can assure you that i found out about this on friday, but he didn't address anybody else at the white house. meanwhile, republicans are calling for someone to be fired. >> public service requires humility, and everyone in public office needs to be constantly reminded that they serve the american people, and can it's not the...
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and certainly of the obama campaign. i mean, it's just hard -- >> your trade craft is showing. this is what you know as a journalist. >> those guys are watching that. they're saying, oh my god. >> i didn't think the president was as angry about this as he should have been. not just his wording, his body language. when it came to benghazi, he was furious. the difference between his eye set, the way he looked at that "ap" reporter today when the issue was this, was totally different than when the issue of benghazi came up. we're about to go to the hottest show you're going to see tonight which is what we're going to talk about for the next ten minutes. this president is furious at what he calls the sideshow of benghazi. up in a minute with that. thank you, howard. thank you, joe klein. great reporting and great reporting over the weekend. >>> a jury in philadelphia practiced late-term abortion was convicted of murdering three babies alive. and also of manslaughter of an involuntary patient. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." more on the irs scandal that outraged
and certainly of the obama campaign. i mean, it's just hard -- >> your trade craft is showing. this is what you know as a journalist. >> those guys are watching that. they're saying, oh my god. >> i didn't think the president was as angry about this as he should have been. not just his wording, his body language. when it came to benghazi, he was furious. the difference between his eye set, the way he looked at that "ap" reporter today when the issue was this, was...
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the white house says werfel agreed to head the irs through the end of the september. giving president obama four months to name another new commissioner. everyone is saying --. ashley: wouldn't you love that job? tracy: again, i have to get my toenails cut. he has no tax experience. ashley: no. tracy: but the guy is a number cruncher and your tax return is one big math problem so he could probably pull it off. ashley: let's get to the heart of this matter with more on the irs tea party targeting controversy is representative charles boustany of louisiana. chairman, by the way of the house ways and means subcommittee on oversight. congressman, thank you for joining us. you were one of the first to really turn the heat up on the outgoing irs commissioner miller. have you yet gotten the answers that you are looking for? >> no, we have not. we continue to see arrogance, denial, and evasion from the acting commissioner and others and i can tell you we're going to get to the bottom of this, if we have to get every single person at the irs to testify under oath. we're going
the white house says werfel agreed to head the irs through the end of the september. giving president obama four months to name another new commissioner. everyone is saying --. ashley: wouldn't you love that job? tracy: again, i have to get my toenails cut. he has no tax experience. ashley: no. tracy: but the guy is a number cruncher and your tax return is one big math problem so he could probably pull it off. ashley: let's get to the heart of this matter with more on the irs tea party...
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to act white. the president takes the stage tomorrow. he's a graduation speaker here at atlanta. tomorrow we're going to examine both of those speeches. they'll talk about the first lady's speech and the president as well. any credence to what they're saying at black students? are they not impassionate enough about getting an education? best selling author, there's not much that wendy williams can't do. i sat down with her to get the scoop on her show, her family and her newest book. it's called ask wendy. straight up advice for all of the drama in your life. here's the interview. take a look. how are you doing? you're doing very well. >> i'm doing well. thank you were asking. >> your ratings are off the charts. >> ♪ >> this season has been -- the. >> the highest ratings you've had? >> been nothing but good. scary. >> why? >> we are in our fourth season. i have seen some really good tv shows get canceled after a few episodes or the first season. i don't like to think about it too much. i just lik
to act white. the president takes the stage tomorrow. he's a graduation speaker here at atlanta. tomorrow we're going to examine both of those speeches. they'll talk about the first lady's speech and the president as well. any credence to what they're saying at black students? are they not impassionate enough about getting an education? best selling author, there's not much that wendy williams can't do. i sat down with her to get the scoop on her show, her family and her newest book. it's...
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the irs has admitted this, yet the white house won't comment because it's waiting to find out if it's true. it would be a weird thing to admit if not true. >> obama says if the has been going on, it's outrage just. he says there's not going to be a defense of this. you're seeing on the republican and the democratic side that sort of response. you also seeing holder talking about a possible investigation, criminal investigation. >> shepard: he ordered one. >> by the department of justice. these are all very significant steps. that's to canned of cauterize this. >> since there's a criminal investigation, arthur, from the legal site of things, what could this produce? >> well, right now steven miller is talking about, well, this happened because of x and y and all kinds of excuses. now all of a sudden -- >> shepard: some people did it. >> now you have to shut up because the attorney general is clear, he said within the irs code there are criminal -- there are potential criminal violation layings and within title 18, the criminal code of the federal government there may be violations. so
the irs has admitted this, yet the white house won't comment because it's waiting to find out if it's true. it would be a weird thing to admit if not true. >> obama says if the has been going on, it's outrage just. he says there's not going to be a defense of this. you're seeing on the republican and the democratic side that sort of response. you also seeing holder talking about a possible investigation, criminal investigation. >> shepard: he ordered one. >> by the department...
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. >> here's some good news for the white house. even in our first edition tonight we were talking about the possibility, purely the possibility that there might be some white house involvement or campaign involvement where somebody in the obama administration might have said, you know, we ought to look at these tea party people. they're raising a ton of money. maybe they're doing it illegally and getting involved in campaigning. according to this ig report that didn't happen. >> right. this is all internal. again, if i were a member of congress and i want to -- i'd sit there and say, you know what? i want to question these individuals. i want to question the individuals in the cincinnati office. i want to know what made them come up with this criteria. what -- >> you mean ask if they had their own prejudice? >> yeah. their own prejudices, the same questions, frankly, that they were asking of these groups. these were sort of -- you know, the request for names of donors. they were making requests of all issues that are important to t
. >> here's some good news for the white house. even in our first edition tonight we were talking about the possibility, purely the possibility that there might be some white house involvement or campaign involvement where somebody in the obama administration might have said, you know, we ought to look at these tea party people. they're raising a ton of money. maybe they're doing it illegally and getting involved in campaigning. according to this ig report that didn't happen. >>...
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standing next to david cameron in the white house. the scandal is about how the irs handled that huge influx of new organizations applying for tax exempt status while also engaged in some degree of political activity under this farcical part of the tax code. starting friday, reports have surfaced that the irs and handling these types of claims singled out groups that had the word tea party or word patriots in their name. and while that might reasonably be a way to find groups that were actually mostly interested in political activity rather than social welfare, it is not fair to apply extra irs scrutiny and questioning to those groups who are obviously engaged in political activity on the right if you are not also applying that scrutiny to groups who are engaged in political activity on the left. it is the imbalance, right? and thus far, we have no evidence that they were applying equal scrutiny to groups on the left side of the ideological spectrum. the irs official who on friday apologized for this targeting of conservative groups d
standing next to david cameron in the white house. the scandal is about how the irs handled that huge influx of new organizations applying for tax exempt status while also engaged in some degree of political activity under this farcical part of the tax code. starting friday, reports have surfaced that the irs and handling these types of claims singled out groups that had the word tea party or word patriots in their name. and while that might reasonably be a way to find groups that were actually...
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, lawmakers in both parties are expressing outrage on the controversies surrounding the irs and the obama administration. but so far the current pressure on the white house hasn't put a dent in the president's national popularity. joining me for our daily fix, chris cillizza, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post headline politics.com and mark handler. chris you've been going through the poll numbers, it was a cnn poll. tell us so far the surprising, somewhat surprising results. >> well, fascinating, andrea. this is not news to those of us who spend a lot of time looking at polling. but the american public contains two almost contradictory notions in its head. on the one hand, president obama has a 53% approval rating which is quite good. up from 47% a few months ago in the cnn poll. on the other hand, some of these investigations, scandals, call them what you will, 59% of people think house republicans and republicans in general are acting appropriately as it relates to benghazi, 54 % think congressional republicans are reacting and acting appropriately. as it relates to the irs.
, lawmakers in both parties are expressing outrage on the controversies surrounding the irs and the obama administration. but so far the current pressure on the white house hasn't put a dent in the president's national popularity. joining me for our daily fix, chris cillizza, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post headline politics.com and mark handler. chris you've been going through the poll numbers, it was a cnn poll. tell us so far the surprising, somewhat surprising results....
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pritsger a major supporter of president barack obama has been nominated by the white house to become congress secretary. her senate confirmation hearing is schedule for thursday. poppy. >> paul, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> well, president obama, his administration on the defensive over a host of things. how is it all playing out with the american people? we're going to take a look. t sas helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thing she's got the citi simplicity card. it doesn't charge late fees or a penalty rate. ever. as in never ever. now about that parking ticket. [ grunting ] [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card is the only card that never has late fees, a penalty rate, or an annual fee, ever. go to citi.com/simplicity to apply. even in stupid loud places. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all g
pritsger a major supporter of president barack obama has been nominated by the white house to become congress secretary. her senate confirmation hearing is schedule for thursday. poppy. >> paul, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> well, president obama, his administration on the defensive over a host of things. how is it all playing out with the american people? we're going to take a look. t sas helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still...
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let's bring in nbc white house correspondent peter alexander and david k. johnson, columnist for taxanalyst.com. peter, you got your hands on the e-mails. there they are. you've read through them. what do we learn from them? >> first of all, chris, here are the 100 pages of e-mails, okay, and what they effectively do is lay out the jostling that took place between intelligence officials and diplomatic officials. these e-mails show exchanges between officials at the white house, the cia, and the state department over exactly what should be said in those talking points, the ones would be first provided to a house intelligence committee, but also provided to susan rice on that sunday following the benghazi attack. and i think the most significant lesson that we learn from reading these documents at this point is at least according to a senior administration official, that they say even though there was a lot of evidence that the state department, we reported, wanted changes, a senior intelligence official says specifically that they wanted the same changes ind
let's bring in nbc white house correspondent peter alexander and david k. johnson, columnist for taxanalyst.com. peter, you got your hands on the e-mails. there they are. you've read through them. what do we learn from them? >> first of all, chris, here are the 100 pages of e-mails, okay, and what they effectively do is lay out the jostling that took place between intelligence officials and diplomatic officials. these e-mails show exchanges between officials at the white house, the cia,...
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we'll have to watch and see how the obama administration handle always of this going forward, because there are a lot of questions still unanswered on both of these fronts today, guys. >> that was going to be my question to you. because there is still this issue of the sequester to be resolved. we're apparently behind closed doors trying to make some progress on getting a budget done for the first time in how many years. but do you sense, maybe it's too early to sell at this point, do you sense that a lot of that will have to go away now because of all of this? >> i don't think it goes away. i mean, talks still continue, people continue to have meetings, but it definitely poisons the atmosphere in washington that was already pretty well-poisoned. you remember just last week, what we were talking about, president obama's personal outreach to members of congress, folks in the other party, having lunch, playing golf, doing things you need to schmooze legislators and get business done. today we're talking about scandal mode. people are raising the comparison to watergate already in this.
we'll have to watch and see how the obama administration handle always of this going forward, because there are a lot of questions still unanswered on both of these fronts today, guys. >> that was going to be my question to you. because there is still this issue of the sequester to be resolved. we're apparently behind closed doors trying to make some progress on getting a budget done for the first time in how many years. but do you sense, maybe it's too early to sell at this point, do you...
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remember the big white house talking point e-mail revelations that had the media in full-on benghazi frenzy? >> the obama administration on the defensive after nbc news obtained e-mails showing extensive et its to the disputed talking points issued after the attack. >> nbc's jonathan karl obtained 12 different edits to talking points that were the basis for the administration's misleading message after four americans were killed by muslim terrorists. >> we have the documents, the e-mails, this is clear. and we know now that it was a document completely ran through by the white house and state department reflecting all their objections. and the bottom line is in the end, they redacted the truth. >> that fire sound was about a set of e-mails about talking points that were shown to congressional staffers, okay? just want to make sure we're clear on this. those staffers took notes, pair parraphrased those notes and discussed them with a reporter. today, we have one of the e-mails. here's what he wrote. there is a ton of wrong information getting out into the public domain from congress a
remember the big white house talking point e-mail revelations that had the media in full-on benghazi frenzy? >> the obama administration on the defensive after nbc news obtained e-mails showing extensive et its to the disputed talking points issued after the attack. >> nbc's jonathan karl obtained 12 different edits to talking points that were the basis for the administration's misleading message after four americans were killed by muslim terrorists. >> we have the documents,...
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wants to imagine that barack obama isn't really president after all. ha is their dream, not doing something but finding a way they can achieve their nirvana. no president obama. no, no, no. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes and thank you for joining us this evening. it was a big day today because washington has a case of scandal fever. today president obama showed how he plans to dole out the medicine. >>> plus, last night our guest told us what we can expect in the fight against sexual assault in the military. today we got more shocking proof that they were right. >>> and let today be known henceforth as the day bea arthur broke the internet. >>> we begin with a
wants to imagine that barack obama isn't really president after all. ha is their dream, not doing something but finding a way they can achieve their nirvana. no president obama. no, no, no. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes and thank you for joining us this evening. it was a big day today because washington has a case of scandal fever. today president obama...
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damage control over at the white house has president obama takes steps to defuse scandals. can he save his second term agenda. an exclusive inside look at how the u.s. military now force-feeding hunger striking terror suspects at guantanamo bay in cuba, why defense lawyers insist it's all inhumane. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with a story first reported on cnn. two former participants in the federal witness security program, one identified as a known terrorist and the other a suspected terrorist were at least for a while lost, yes, lost, by the u.s. marshal service. the justice department now says they've been accounted for, but the incident raised an in an inspector general's report raises very disturbing questions. jake tapper broke the story earlier on cnn. tell our viewers what we know right now. this was very disturbing. >> the department of justice inspector general was researching the witness security program, what people probably know better from tv and movies, the witness relocation program and found a whole bunch of holes in nati
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>>> president obama says the acting irs commissioner is out. white house in damage control mode. what big steps might they take to do more than just stop the bleeding? >>> devastation in texas. at least six people are dead. another dozen or so are still missing and many more injured after a tornado
>>> president obama says the acting irs commissioner is out. white house in damage control mode. what big steps might they take to do more than just stop the bleeding? >>> devastation in texas. at least six people are dead. another dozen or so are still missing and many more injured after a tornado